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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Hope Solo Receives 6-Month Ban From National Squad After Calling The Swedish Team Cowards At The Olympics

Hope Solo

Female soccer player, Hope Solo, has been
given a 6-month ban from the U.S. national soccer team,
after branding the Swedish side "cowards." The U.S. team
lost to Sweden at the 2016 Olympics, leading Solo to
publicly remark during an interview, "I think we played a
bunch of cowards" and "the best team didn’t win" which was
universally branded poor sportsmanship.

The interview caught the attention of the
press and U.S. Soccer president, Sunil Gulati, who stated of
Solo's comments during the 2016 Rio Olympics, "The comments
by Hope Solo after the match against Sweden during the 2016
Olympics were unacceptable and do not meet the standard of
conduct we require from our National Team players."

This is not the firs time Solo has gotten
herself into trouble. Solo was arrested for domestic
violence because she...wait for it...beat her boyfriend
turned husband (LOL,
but seriously, you shouldn't do that to him and vice versa).